Tatiana Vertiz joins CEEPO

Ceepo welcomes another excellent triathlete, Tatiana Vertiz, to its team.

Tatiana Vertiz is originally from Mexico City. She currently lives in California where she does most of her training.
At the early age of 19 she qualified for and participated in the 2007 Ironman World Championships in Kona finishing 4th in her age group. In 2008 she finished 1st in her age group in the Ironman Arizona where she qualified for her second Ironman World Championships next October. Tati graduated from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas in December of 2008 earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration: Marketing. She is a young athlete with great potential and has a great personality. She plans to become a Pro triathlete shortly. CEEPO is proud to sponsor her and looks forward to supporting her along her triathletic career.

Ceepo swept Team Time Trial in the UK

Mike Trees:

In Team Time Trial on 12 July 2009 held by Human race, Team Thames Turbo on Ceepo bikes won in both mens and womens category! Congratulations!
http://www.humanrace.co.uk/result-detail-bananaman-triathlon-t986-343.html

Ceepo UK's Mike Trees raced there as well (unplanned and his 3rd race in 1 week!). Despite his struggle, team Berkshire Tri Squad got the second place. Well done teams!

Ceepo's Hans Mühlbauer gets his Hawaii slot in Ironman Germany!

Hans on Ceepo's Ironman Viper

Despite having problems with his left leg, Ceepo's Hans Mühlbauer finished Ironman Germany in 8 hours and 34 minutes, 10th place overall, and grabbed his slot for Kona! Congratulations, Hans! He is now in hard training for the October 10th Championship along with the rest of our qualified athletes.

Ceepo CEO Joe Tanaka & UK's Mike Trees at the Ceepo booth with red Katana

Ceepo Starring in Korea

Oh YoungHwan on Ceepo Venom
Ham YeonSik on Ceepo Stinger

We had a very happy race report from Kim HyungSik, Ceepo's distributor in Korea. Ceepo had some good presence in their Ironman distance race in Jeju, Korea over the weekend.

Oh YoungHwan, finished 2nd on his Ceepo Venom, and the 3rd was Ham YeonSik who rode Ceepo Stinger in his first Ironman distance race. Ham is also an exceptional runner, holding 2:19 marathon record. These two are expected to be the next generation triathlon leaders in Korea.

Check out many other athletes riding Ceepo bikes in this race:
http://picasaweb.google.co.kr/GEOCYCLE/TeamCeepoPhotoOfJejuTriathlon

Ceepo's Simon Billeau finishes 3rd in Ironman France, Nice

Team Ceepo is going strong! Our French triathlete, Simon Billeau, finished 3rd in Ironman France Nice on June 28, 2009. Simon grabbed his slot for Hawaii with a very strong ride on his Ceepo Venom, making his bike time the second in all (4:45:40), finishing the day at 8:46:30.

Congratulations Simon to your phenomenal race, and best wishes with your hard training for the World Championship!

Ceepo in Ironman Lanzarote

Ceepo bikes are making their presence around the world. On May 23, 2009, UK's Team Ceepo was in Ironman Lanzarote:

Belinda Granger WINS Ironman 70.3 Hawaii 2009, Tim Marr finishes 4th

Congratulations to our Belinda Granger for winning Ironman 70.3 Hawaii today! (Swim: 27:08, Bike: 2:27:18, run 1:34:57, finishing @ 4:33:16)

Ceepo's Tim Marr finishes 4th @4:14:11!

Great job, Team Ceepo!
Here's a quote from the article on Ironman's website:

... In the women's field, two-year running Ironman 70.3 Hawaii champion Samantha McGlone was bested by 11-time Ironman-distance champion Belinda Granger. Granger came out of the water second behind the Big Island's Bree Wee, who posted the best swim time of the day in 26:36.

But Granger scorched the bike course in 2:27:18, with McGlone fighting back with a 2:30:05 split. Wee was third off the bike but dropped out shortly after the beginning of the run.

Granger took off onto the run course and never looked back, finishing the day in 4:33:16, with a run split of 1:34:57.